"India is moving towards endemicity but will have to watch out for new variants over the coming three-four months," said K Srinath Reddy, p...

The cases will see a fast jump and a fast drop, said Anurag Agrawal, chair of the World Health Organization's (WHO) technical advisory grou...

Noted virologist Shahid Jameel said the notion that Omicron is a natural vaccine is a dangerous idea spread by irresponsible people. "It br...

While the Delta variant was responsible for causing major destruction, experts say that the coming weeks could see flare-ups but limited to...

The third wave of Covid-19 has not yet hit India and the ongoing surge in cases in certain regions such as Kerala and northeast India is pa...

The US and Canada have started vaccinating those above age 12 years, as the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines in use in those countries have rece...

The state had conducted 97,236 tests on Monday out of which 38,603 people were found to be positive whereas on Tuesday 93,247 tests were do...

Epidemiologist Dr Giridhara Babu warned that at the current rate, Bengaluru would see 6,500 cases every day by April 20. Even if 10 per cen...

Over 470 children below the age of 10 have been infected with COVID-19, since the beginning of this month in Bengaluru, as the city is witn...

An expert committee under All India Institute of Medical Sciences director Randeep Guleria which worked on a formula assessed the severity ...

At present, India is giving the second dose of Covishield after a gap of 28 days. However, new evidence suggests that efficacy is better wh...

"In bald terms, vaccinating means administering the virus or parts of the virus to boost immunity," he said. "Those who have recovered are ...

A total of 1,492,409 tests were conducted as of 8 am on Friday, according to data on the health ministry website. Cumulatively, over 6.89 m...

In India with the country in lockdown, we only are made aware of few clusters, namely, in Nizamuddin, Chennai vegetable market, Nanded pilg...

The country at present is definitely at a lower trajectory in terms of COVID-19 deaths compared to anywhere in the world which means it has...

Professor and Head of Life Course Epidemiology at the Public Health Foundation of India, Giridhara R Babu said the coronavirus is in comple...

Iqbal Singh Chahal’s task as BMC chief will be to bring the Covid-19 outbreak under control.